We all love to have a clean and sparkling home, don't we? Of course, we do. A clean and hygienic house is a sign of health and wealth. We wouldn't want to look shabby when we go to work, nor do we want our living space to look shabby when someone from work or some of our relatives come home. Cleaning our houses to a sparkle might be a daunting and difficult task for some, some of us end up messing up the place more than before! Our mothers always knew how to keep the home clean. They never had to be taught how to do chores. Just like any other job, they picked out some tips and tricks by themselves. This article features five of those tips and tricks that we might not know. So, keep reading and find out the secrets to make your house sparkling clean & let your house be the envy of anyone who visits your house.

The right supplies.

Go to anyone's House which looks neat and tidy and request them to let you have a peek at their supply closet. Of course, some of your friends might want to keep the names of their cleaning products to themselves! No surprises there! Nevertheless, if you do manage to take a peek at it, you'll find a dozen or more different bottles of cleaners, sprays, powders, sponges, washing clothes. You might be wondering what they are trying to do. You might think they are Maintaining a hospital in their house, for which they need so many different products. The truth is, cleaners usually have a specific purpose. A window cleaner spray cannot be used to clean your kitchen counter top. A cleaning liquid you use for cleaning your laptops and mobiles cannot be used to clean your refrigerator. That is exactly why people have different supplies for cleaning different things. The strength of your cleaning supplies matter. A soap liquid that you use to scrub out your pot must be extremely strong to remove that burnt residue from your baking pans (read as failed experiment).

Having different supplies doesn't mean you've to spend a fortune on them. It just means knowing what to use in which situation.

Take an example, if you have an electric kettle, over the course of time you would have noticed scales forming on the Inside of it. All you have to do is mix some baking soda, a bit of vinegar and water and let the kettle boil this water for a cycle or two and you'll see that your kettle will look as good as new (if not better than new). Multi-purpose cleaners usually serve most purposes. But for some forms of dirt, a specialist is what you need.

Multitasking.

Let's face it cleaning is a huge pain for most of us, we tend to mix up other things when we are cleaning. Personally, when I’m cleaning, if I find some old stuff, I turn nostalgic and start thinking about what I found. At the end of the day I realize that I haven’t done much at all. Listening to music is a great motivator to help us clean. When we feel irritated because of continuous cleaning, it is nice to have good songs to relax to. Do one thing at a time, that’s what people who have clean homes have in common. They first finish one room and then move onto the next, you don’t clean willy-nilly, do you? If you do, you’ll definitely miss things that you should have cleaned. Some form of multitasking is good. While you’re waiting for your pots and pans to soak in soap liquid, you can clean other utensils, but put your hands in too many pies and you’ll never get any real work done. Do it slowly, do it right.

Hiring a specialist. 

Sometimes, there are stains we cannot get rid of. A wine spill on your pristine white sofa, a coffee stain on your priced shirt and so on. Know when you have to ask for help. There is a reason, people are into the cleaning business. They know how to remove stains that we don’t. Things like how to clean shag rug might be easy sometimes, but sometimes you have to bow down and accept the fact that you need to hire a specialist. Asking for help isn’t a big deal, everyone does it. How do you think people with extremely clean homes and extremely busy schedules do it? They hire people to do it for them.

Dividing the work.

It’s always good to have company to talk to. Whether it’s the gym or at work, life seems easier when someone is in the same boat with us. Dividing the cleaning work between the members of your family is a great way to get things done faster and more efficiently. It is also a great bonding exercise. I’ve heard people say, a family that cleans together stays together! Dividing the work ensures that no one person is extremely tired that they cannot do anything else for the rest of the day. Besides, making your children clean their own rooms works wonders! Once they realize how hard it is to clean their rooms, they won’t mess it up as much as they used to. Dividing the work ensures that all parts of the house are neat and tidy, and no places are left off during the process.

Avoid making too much work for yourselves.

At the end of the day, everyone wants to just sit and relax, not clean the house to make it look presentable to guests and relatives. The best way to clean, is to not make the house shabby in the first place! Don’t wear muddy footwear inside the house, use drapes over open windows to keep the dust out. Keep things in their respective places once you’re done using them, don’t let things pile up anywhere. One small piece of paper on the floor will make you throw things over it and it will end up under the sofa, accumulating more and more dust till finally it becomes too much to handle. Life is too hard to do an entire month of cleaning in one day. So, do a little bit every day. It will make it a routine and you don’t need to be late for work because you were searching for your car keys in the wrong place.

After the long day’s cleaning chores obviously you will be tired, and you will want to throw yourself on bed as soon as you can. But can your mattress assure you a proper relaxing sleep? Or is it time you buy a new mattress? Nectar, a leading manufacturer of bedding products, can be a great choice, if you think need a new mattress. Its high-quality memory foam mattress is one of a kind ensuring proper back support and body contouring in any position you sleep. You can opt for their mattress protector too if you want to avoid cleaning mattress regularly.

Follow these simple methods and you will have an amazing home that people will envy.

References:

1)     https://www.wikihow.com/Enjoy-Cleaning-and-Housework

2)     https://www.businessinsider.com/5-easy-ways-to-keep-your-home-clean-2016-6?IR=T

3)     https://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/simple-ways-to-make-your-cleaning-and-organizing-chores-painless/